The National Song


The song Vande Mataram, composed by Bankimchandra Chatterji, was a source of inspiration to the people in their struggles for freedom. The first political session when it was sung was the 1896 session of the Indian National congress. The following is the text of its first stanza:It reads:  

National Song 

 

Vande Mataram! 
Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja shitalam,  
Shasyashyamalam, Mataram!  
Shubhrajyotsna pulakitayaminim,  
Phullakusumita drumadala shobinim,  
Suhasinim sumadhura bhashinim,  

Sukhadam varadam, Mataram!  
 

Meaning

I bow to thee, mother,
richly-watered, richly-fruited,
cool with the winds of the south, dark with the crops of the harvests, the Mother!  
Her nights rejoicing in the glory of the moonlight,
her lands clothed beautifully with her trees in flowering bloom,
sweet of laughter, sweet of speech,
the Mother, giver of boons, giver of bliss. 

 

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